diff --git a/sys/netinet/in.c b/sys/netinet/in.c
index 95ff844b8ff9..187ed937f9c1 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/in.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/in.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static int	in_ifinit(struct ifnet *,
 
 static int subnetsarelocal = 0;
 SYSCTL_INT(_net_inet_ip, OID_AUTO, subnets_are_local, CTLFLAG_RW, 
-	&subnetsarelocal, 0, "");
+	&subnetsarelocal, 0, "Treat all subnets as directly connected");
 
 struct in_multihead in_multihead; /* XXX BSS initialization */